51 Pierce
Pierce County (pop. 42,000) is on the border with Minnesota, within the Twin Cities metro area. Its population is 92% white, with a similar degree of educational attainment to the state average but with a higher median household income. The county shifted toward the Republican party during the 2010s, but it remains at least somewhat competitive between the parties.
51.1 Demographics
51.2 county election results
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51.3 municipality election results
About 30% of the county lives in the City of River Falls (which also stretches into neighborhing St. Croix County). Ten other municipalities have populations between 1 and 4 thousand, while 14 communities have populations below 1,000. The City of River Falls is home to UW-River Falls and is also the only municipality in the county to consistently vote for Democratic candidates.
This map shows the location of each municipality in the county, as it existed in 2022.
These dot plots show the most recent election results in each municipality.
To more clearly illustrate recent changes in municipality voting trends, these scatterplots compare the most recent vote for president and senator with the shift from that office’s previous election.
These maps show show every election result since 2000 in each municipality.
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